Answers to Everyday Issues Part 82
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HRH The Duke of Edinburgh visits Baitul Futuh Mosque to honour award-winning gardens
100 Years Ago... Promoting unity and defending Islam: Ahmadiyya efforts in London and Mauritius
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You are what you eat: Islamic guidance on halal and haram foods
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Would the West accept using nuclear weapons on civilians in the Middle East?
Hadith-e-Rasul – Sayings of the Holy Prophet Muhammadsa
Parable of the believer and the hypocrite in relation to the Quran َ َ َ َ �ٰ ُ َ َْ َ َﻋ ُْن أَ�� ُﻣ قال قال َر َُسول الّٰل ُِہ،وَسﻰ ا��ﺷ� ِ� �ِي ِ ُ ْ َ َ� �ٰ ْ ْ ُ َ ﺻۡلﻰ الّٰلُہ �ۡلۡیُہ وَسۡلَّم� َﻣﺜﻞ اۡل َُمﺆ ِﻣ ُِن اۡل ِﺬي يق َرأ َ َ َ ُْ َ َ َ ُْْ اۡلقر ِر��ُ َﻬا ﻃ �ِۡی ٌﺐ َوﻃ ْﻌ َُم َﻬا،آن ﻛ ََمﺜ ِﻞ ا��ﺗ ُر �ﺟ ُِۃ َ� ْ ُ َ َ َ ٌ � َ َ َ َ َ ُْْ ُ َ َْ َ ْ ُ وﻣﺜﻞ اۡلَمﺆ ِﻣ ُِن اۡل ِﺬي �� يقرأ اۡلقرآن ﻛَمﺜ ِﻞ،ﻃ ِۡیﺐ َ َ ْ َ� ْ ُ َ َ َو َﻣﺜﻞ اۡل َُم َنا َِف ِﻖ،�ٌ �اۡلَت ْ� َ� ِة �� ِر َ�� � َ�ا َوﻃ ْﻌ َُم َﻬا ُۡح َ� َ َ ْ َ� ُ َ َ َ ْ ُ ْ ُ َ ْ َ ِر��ُ َﻬا ﻃ �ِۡی ٌﺐ،ا����َاٰن ُِۃ اۡل ِﺬي يقرأ اۡلقرآن ﻣﺜﻞ َ َو َﻣ َﺜ ُﻞ اۡل ْ َُم َنا َِفﻖ اۡل�َﺬي ��َ ي َ ْق َرأ ُ اۡل ْ ُق ْر،�ٌ� ُ� َو َﻃ ْﻌ َُم َﻬا آن ِ ِ ٌ� ُ َ ُ ْ َ َ ٌ َ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ ��� ۡل�ﺲ ��ا ِر�� وﻃﻌَمﻬا،ﻛَمﺜ ِﻞ اۡل�نﻈۡل ُِۃ Hazrat Abu Musa al-Ash‘arira narrated: “The Prophetsa said, ‘The likeness of the believer who recites the Quran is that of the citron: its fragrance is pleasant and its taste is pleasant. The likeness of the believer who does not recite the Quran is that of the date: it has no fragrance, yet its taste is sweet. The likeness of the hypocrite who recites the Quran is that of the basil plant: its fragrance is pleasant, but its taste is bitter. And the likeness of the hypocrite who does not recite the Quran is that of the colocynth: it has no fragrance and its taste is bitter.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Kitab al-at‘imah, Bab
During my public education in the United States, I was not taught that President Truman was a war criminal for ordering the nuclear bombing of civilian populations. I was not taught that our government committed war crimes when we deliberately burned tens of thousands of women and children alive in Japan. I was not taught that those responsible should have faced justice and been prosecuted in the way we made war tribunals for the Germans. Children raised in the United State’s public education system are taught to believe that the moral justifications for mass
murdering those civilians can be a perfectly legitimate perspective. The indoctrination of the American education system numbed our minds from childhood, and it showed its effects when the time to justify more atrocities came again. We’ve been ready to rationalise war crimes from a time that we may no longer recall when that rationale was put in our minds. In a study conducted in 2017, researchers presented a hypothetical scenario to a representative set of Americans. The scenario was that Iran responded to sanctions and
attacked a US aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf, killing 2,403 military personnel (the same number killed in the Pearl Harbor attack). The US responded with large scale airstrikes that destroyed all of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, air defenses, and all Iranian Air Force bases and planes. The US then began a ground invasion. The invasion eventually stalled, with 10,000 US military casualties. The President of the United States was presented with two options to end the war. The first option was to continue the land invasion to capture Tehran and Continued on page 3
dhikri t-ta‘am, Hadith 5427)
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas, In His Own Words
The hidden hand of God in the matter of Lekhram In the matter of Lekhram, the hidden hand of God can clearly be seen at Continued on page 3